Narrative:

August 2015; I was called onto an aircraft due to a 'sys 2 reg' fault. Deferred item through lead and maintenance operations control (moc). Aircraft blocked out and I connected the MEL through ipad/digital communications under 'deferred aircraft maintenance technician (remove from work)'.upon arriving to work four days later; I was informed of the inadvertent fact [clearing] of the MEL. I explained the events that took place four days earlier to my manager and senior manager and came to the conclusion that there was an ipad digital communication malfunction. I believe we can prevent this event from happening again by fixing the ipad/digital communications [software] issues. Ipad facted [cleared] MEL.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Aircraft Maintenance Technician recommended his Air Carrier fix the malfunctions with their IPAD/Digital communication software program that cleared a 'System-2 Regulator' fault discrepancy instead of deferring the Logbook item.

Narrative: August 2015; I was called onto an aircraft due to a 'Sys 2 Reg' fault. Deferred item through Lead and Maintenance Operations Control (MOC). Aircraft blocked out and I connected the MEL through IPAD/Digital communications under 'deferred Aircraft Maintenance Technician (remove from work)'.Upon arriving to work four days later; I was informed of the inadvertent fact [clearing] of the MEL. I explained the events that took place four days earlier to my Manager and senior Manager and came to the conclusion that there was an IPAD digital communication malfunction. I believe we can prevent this event from happening again by fixing the IPAD/Digital communications [software] issues. IPAD facted [cleared] MEL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.